This excellent documentary examines the positives and negatives of the digital revolution on society. In South Korea they have rehab schools for kids that are “addicted” to the internet. “The Korean government are taking an assertive approach to the addressing the social problems created by the net”. Here’s the link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/
Academic Earth is an amazing resource for learning. It is incredible we are able to watch lectures from the top universities in the world for free. Here is a terrific lecture on the fascinating field of positive psychology. Watch it on Academic Earth
Personal Branding with a Personal Domain from Charles Sipe on Vimeo.
I’ve read all of Malcom Gladwell’s books and saw him speak. Brilliant stuff. I wish he could be cloned.
There are a lot of great creative consumer generated videos made with Legos. According to Geeky Gadgets the Matrix Lego video below took 440 hours to make. There are probably thousands of these videos that produce millions of dollars worth of free marketing for Lego.
Leo Laporte, from the awesome This Week In Tech podcast, discusses the future of media. His internet tech shows makes revenues of about $1.5 million with about $350,000 in costs a year with venues doubling every year (he charges $70 CPMs). He says “advertisers are no longer intent with loosely engaged large audiences who may …
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The story of how Sylvester Stallone made Rocky is as inspirational and incredible as any. Any sane person would have quit but he refused to give up on his dream.